Sugar cookies beg to be decorated. Gather family and friends and make sweet Santas.
Santa Sugar Cookies
- Prep Time 1 hr 20 min
- Total 3 hr 20 min
- Servings 72
- Ingredients 13
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter or margarine, softened
- 1 package (3 oz) cream cheese, softened
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 egg
- 3 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1 pouch (7 oz) Betty Crocker™ Cookie Icing red icing
- Betty Crocker™ red sugar
- 1 pouch (7 oz) Betty Crocker™ Cookie Icing white icing
- 1 pouch (7 oz) Betty Crocker™ Cookie Icing blue icing
- Red gum drops
- Betty Crocker™ red cinnamon decors
Make With
Gold Medal Flour
Instructions
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Step1In large bowl, beat butter, cream cheese, sugar, vanilla and egg with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Stir in flour and salt until blended. Cover and refrigerate dough at least 2 hours but no longer than 24 hours.
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Step2Heat oven to 375°F. On lightly floured cloth-covered surface, roll 1/4 of dough at a time to 1/8-inch thickness. (Keep remaining dough refrigerated until ready to roll.) Cut dough with Santa cookie cutter; place about 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
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Step3Bake 7 to 10 minutes or until light brown. Immediately remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool completely. Frost cookies with red icing; sprinkle with red sugar crystals. Decorate as desired using white and blue icing. Add gum drop for belt buckle and cinnamon candy for nose.
Nutrition
100
Calories
3g
Total Fat
0g
Protein
18g
Total Carbohydrate
13g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Cookie
- Calories
- 100
- Calories from Fat
- 30
- Total Fat
- 3g
- 5%
- Saturated Fat
- 2g
- 10%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 10mg
- 4%
- Sodium
- 45mg
- 2%
- Potassium
- 20mg
- 1%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 18g
- 6%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 13g
- Protein
- 0g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 0%
- 0%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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